Preferences slow to open

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Quote:I am assuming the paths to Gimp C:\Program Files\..... are just a typo. 

Not a typo. I Cut & Paste from Folders...

Quote:There are two sets of folders, the C:\Users.... The usual advice is leave it alone.

That's fine. I wasn't sure if it was getting confused looking in two places but that explains it.

Quote:The slow opening of preferences is a mystery to me, The first time I have heard that problem. Fortunately, once set up no need to visit there very often.

The reason for the question. This was the first place I visited and it was slow. I didn't want it to be indicative of the program as a whole. But if you haven't heard of it then it may be an install problem.

Quote:You could try opening Gimp from a 'CMD' terminal with the --verbose switch.

I didn't get an error console. Everything opened as before.

Quote:try turning off OpenCLEdit

This was not selected.

Quote:could be your AV but unlikely.

I will check to see if I can exclude it from a/v in some way??

Thanks for your help. I will probably completely uninstall and reinstall before I play with the a/v.
I'll get back to you on that.

thanks